ABOUT US

Mission Statement

ERA has worked with growers from all agricultural sectors to implement sustainable farm management practices.


ERA’s system improves soil health and the soil biological profile to deliver nutrient and water usage efficiencies, reducing input costs and helping growers manage long-term sustainability of their soil.


The ERA management practices enable farmers to implement sustainable farming practices.

ERA Sustainable Farming

The ERA solution combines proprietary and commercially available products with a 5-point crop management plan designed to be deployed without increasing labour or equipment use typically expected by the farmer.


Results from 4-years of field trials conducted on 30,000 Ha of cropped land across 13 farms have proven the ERA solution is viable. 80% of wheat farmers on the ERA system improved water use efficiency (rain adjusted yields) by more than 40%, while reducing chemical inputs per hectare by up to 20%. For farmers, the big achievement is peace of mind knowing that by improving soil and farm economics, their customers are healthier and the farm is in better shape for the next generation.


Through collaboration with farmers, the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University, ERA has developed a solution to transition farmers from chemical to biological systems while maintaining farm profitability. The solution involves regenerating soil health by initially managing the shocks to the microbial ecosystem and reducing chemical use over time.


Need For Change

There is growing recognition across agricultural industries and in the scientific community that traditional broad acre farming techniques cannot meet the rapidly growing world demand for food.


The growth in the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides has had an increasingly deleterious effect on both the health of our soils and on the health of the human population.


At the same time, the long-term negative effects on soil health are becoming more and more apparent.

Recent research shows that chemicals used to increase crop yields are now actually making farms less productive.


As the diversification and number of soil microorganisms declines because of agro-chemical use, so does the quality of crops.  At the same time, the cost of fertilisers continues to rise.